The Dummy

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"The Dummy" is a 1962 episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone that centers on a ventriloquist who becomes convinced his dummy is alive, exploring themes of madness and identity.

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The Dummy canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
directedBy Abner Biberman ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 33 ⓘ
featuresCharacter Jerry Etherson ⓘ
Willie the dummy ⓘ
followedByEpisode Young Man's Fancy ⓘ
genre fantasy television ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
science fiction television ⓘ
hasOpeningMonologueBy Rod Serling ⓘ
narratedBy Rod Serling ⓘ
originalAirDate 1962-05-04 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
partOfAnthologySeries The Twilight Zone (original series) ⓘ
plotSummary A troubled ventriloquist becomes convinced that his dummy is alive and malevolent. ⓘ
precededByEpisode The Gift ⓘ
presentedBy Rod Serling ⓘ
producedBy Buck Houghton ⓘ
productionCode 4835 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 25 ⓘ
season 3 ⓘ
series The Twilight Zone ⓘ
setting nightclub ⓘ
stars Cliff Robertson ⓘ
Frank Sutton ⓘ
George Murdock ⓘ
theme identity ⓘ
madness ⓘ
split personality ⓘ
ventriloquism ⓘ
title The Dummy ⓘ
writtenBy Lee Polk ⓘ
yearOfTelevisionEpisode 1962 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lottery and Other Stories → hasPart → The Dummy ⓘ
The Dummy → title → The Dummy ⓘ
Beasts → notableEpisode → The Dummy ⓘ
Lee Polk → notableWork → The Dummy ⓘ
Lee Polk → wrote → The Dummy ⓘ
Jerry Etherson → appearsInEpisode → The Dummy ⓘ